Conference
Increasing Incidence and Prevalence of Pathologic Hemoglobinopathies Among Children in Ontario, Canada from 1991-2013
Abstract
Abstract
Background: In Ontario, Canada's largest province, population-based health administrative data represents an accessible and useful tool for population surveillance of people with chronic diseases. While hemoglobinopathies can be identified using data from universal hemoglobinopathy screening, which was implemented in November 2006, these data would not contain information on affected immigrants (21.9% of the …
Authors
Simpson E; Klaassen RJ; Chakraborty P; Potter B; Kirby-Allen MA; Odame I; Williams S; Athale U; Jardine L; Gibson PJ
Volume
132
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Publication Date
November 29, 2018
DOI
10.1182/blood-2018-99-110468
Conference proceedings
Blood
Issue
Supplement 1
ISSN
0006-4971